When we vote in political elections in the United States, we vote by secret ballot. No on knows which candidate we voted for, only that we voted. There are other ways to vote.
You may have seen news articles or items about votes in Congress. When our senators or congressional representatives vote, they vote in public. Each is asked in turn for his or her vote on the bill before the House or Senate. Their votes are published in the Congressional Record and in daily newspapers. Everyone knows, or can find out, whether their representative voted for or against a bill or measure.
When someone ran for office in ancient Rome, they appealed to a crowd, whose votes were counted by the amount of noise they made--like a modern-day game show.
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